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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
About Farmers Wives.

a recent writer in the Michigan
Farmer has something to say about the
percentage of insanity among farmers
wives, which, though but little larger
than among other classes, certainly
ought to be much less. The writer
quoted thinks this terrible malady may
be traced chiefly to monotony and neg
lect of sanitary conditions. We certainly
have seen a good many farms where
sanitary conditions were shamefuly
neglected, but where the farmer is in
dustrious and enterprising he is sure to
take as much pride in the cleanliness
of his outbuildings as the condition of
his stock. Undoubtedly there is much
monotony in farm life, especially dur
ing the winter, and the worst of it al
ways falls upon the women. Business
often calls a man from the close routine
of daily labor; he meets other men, and
in their company gets out of the regu-
lar groove, but there is less opportun-
ity for this for the women. And a con-
tinual round of petty cares in the one
groove if il does not produce insanity
will develop into sort of monomania
which makes what is popularity known
as crank. If only the farmers wife
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Pears Preserved with Ginger.

Peel four ripe pears, divide them in
halves, core and remove the flower and
stem and drop them into cold water
Make thick syrup, allowing one pint
of cold water to every two pounds of
sugar, two ounces of sliced ginger-root
and the juice of half lemon. Beat
up the whites of an egg with the shell
and stir in the syrup before it is put on
the stove. Put the syrup on the stove
and let it come to the boiling point by
degrees, stirring it often. AS soon as
it boils cover it and set it back where it
will continue to boil very slowly. AT
the end of three-quarters of an hour re-
move the cover and skim off the thick
white scum which covers the syrup.
You will skim out the slices of ginger
also. Rinse them off in clear warm
water and return to the syrup. Cook
the pears in this syrup till they are ten
der, cooking few at time. When
they are all cooked pour the syrup over
them. There will be enough to cover
them if you allow three-quarters of a
pound of sugar to every pound of pears.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Cooking Green Corn.

Although l am something of an old
bach. yet am not entirely ignorant of
the cooking department in regard to
cooking green corn. To those who
have been in the habit of boiling it half
an hour, or twenty minutes at least, as
know to be the practice of nineteen out
of twenty everywhere, l will suggest
a retrenchment of twenty-seven to
twenty-nine minutes, depending on the
size of the ears-one minute for small
ears, two for medium and three for
large ears. | don't mean to put it in
cold water and put it over the fire
from one to three minutes, but let it
actually boil this time. All the time it
boils over this it grows harder and
harder the longer it is boiled, until it
becomes as hard as the gristle in a stur-
geon's nose. Please try it, you skep-
teal ones, and be convinced; leave off
half the butter and substitute SALT
Rlrdl NelC Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Washing the Baby.

They're washing the baby, the wee little baby,
The last one God sent us-let's go In and see"
They gazed on the washing with kissing and
hugging,
Those sisters and brothers-with innocent glee.
They wondered how ever those pink feet, so tiny,
Could bear little baby upon the hard road,
And watched the sweet dimples, so lavishly scat
tered,
That formed in profuslon each time that he
crowd
And when in his nightdress of flannel they wrap
him,
His chubby face glowing with pleasure and
health,
They crept to the cradle with footsteps of velvet
And purloined sweet kisses with infinite stealth
All hushed is the household save for the sad sob
bling,
Which fitfuy bursts from mothers reft heart,
As fondly she cngs to her fast chilling baby
And. kissing him. murmurs, O God, must we
part"
They're washing the baby, the wee little baby,
The last one God sent them-his young spirits
fled;
And awe-strcken faces look on at the washing,
As sadly they whisper, " Can baby be dead?'
And when i'm a casket of rosewood they laid him,
His waxen face smiling with happy content,
The children all wondered and said to each other,
God didn't give baby-he only was lent"
San Francisco Neirs letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

would take her hands out of the dish
pan, whisk on her best bonnet and
climb up into the wagon every time her
husband bitches up to go down to the
store, it would be an incalculable saw
ing of health, both in body and mind.
But we cannot always do that without
throwing everything out of gear. So
we must take what crumbs of rest and
recreation come in our way, and above
all, try to think of something besides
our work, and fly from unhappy brood
ing as from the plague. Cheerfulness
and content will do something to
tighten the heaviest lot; and while
good temper does largely depend on
good health, it's poor rule that won't
work both ways, and in a good many
cases our health depends to consider
able extent on our temper.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Ripe Cucum bers.

Ripe cucumbers are generally thrown
away as valueless, yet they make deli
cious preserve and chow chow. Peel
firm yellow cucumbers and remove the
seeds. Cut them in slender strips
about half an inch wide and three or
four inches long and put them into
cold vinegar, just covering them. Let
them stand twenty-four hours; throw
off this vinegar and drain them. Allow
fresh vinegar enough to cover them,
and to every quart of vinegar use two
pounds of sugar, one ounce of cassia
buds and few cloves. Boil the cucum-
bers in this vinegar till they are tender.
Cover them in a Jar. This makes an
acid preserve and is excellent to serve
with roast mutton and other roasts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
for tbe CHILDREN.
Madame Puss.

Old Dame Puss has children four;
What would she do If she had any more?
Floss, the prettiest one of all
Soft she Is, and round as ball,
And her fur is the fringiest bit of snow
In the whole Of kttendom, know.
The Nun is quiet one, dressed i'm gray,
Sober, demure and staid Away,
And will sit content in sunny place
by the hour and wash her furry face.
Tom is learning to hunt for mice.
And begins in the window pane with flies;
And at times, when other mischiefs fail,
Paws and nibbles his mothers tail.
But Peter Piper, the smallest one,
Is the very spirit of play and fun,
And always with him, so brisk and gay,
IT'S scamper hurry-scurry away
While old Dame Puss, worn out with care,
Will curl up to sleep almost anywhere.
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| HAVE been making some very nice
cookies that the boys are very fond of.
They are called Mercj bien cookies. A
cup of sour cream to teaspoonful of
soda and half one of cream-of- tartar, a
cup of sugar, a cup of butter, three eggs,
and as much flour as will mix to make
soft paste for rolling. They are very
good and nice with coffee, but cookies
need hot fire and light-handed
cook .-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

GILT-EDGED butter is always wanted
and can be made at all seasons of the
year by using proper care and by adding
the right proportion of Wells, Richard
sou & Co.'s Improved Butter Color.
Used by thousands.
, 1887-09-22
BREVITIEs.

The first eastern mail for thirteen days
was received at Tucson. Ariz., yesterday.
The Chicago wheat market closed
higher yesterday. Cash 90 3-16, October
60, ll-l6. May rs l-l6.
President and Mrs. Cleveland will
leave Washington next week Friday for
an absence of three weeks in the west and
south.
Bonds ~aggregating 81, 379, 300 were
offered to the government yesterday.
Acting Secretary Thompson accepted
$l,065, 300 of the same at prices ranging
from 107, go to 1854.
William O'Brien states that in the
event of his being sentenced to imprlson-
ment he will absolutely refuse to wear the
prison garb or perform mental offices. as
a protest against the treatment of politi-
cal prisoners as common culprits.
Hon. E. B. Washburne, formerly
United States minister to France, was
attacked with congestion of the brain yes
terday afternoon and is now in a precar-
ious condition at the residence of his son,
Hampstead Washburne, in Chicago.
, 1887-09-22

Parsons, one of the condemned Chi
cage anarchists, claims that he will be
hanged not because he is a murderer, but
because he is an anarchist. This is what
people might call a distinction without a
difference. 1t is very certain that few
men now living have more honestly
earned whatever distinction attaches to
hanging than has this very man Parsons.
As there isn't the remotest chance under
heaven of his securing a communication of
sentence it was certainly very kind of him
to decline any COMPROMISE short of abso-
Lutte death.
81 cannot marry you. my pretty maid.'
Nobody asked you, sir, " she said.
We are inclined to believe that Mr..
Parsons days of usefulness are drawing
to a speedy and abrupt close.
, 1887-09-22

The Persians are n very punctilious
race; and it is the sensible custom of the
beforehand that you are coming. A
thousand and n little points of punctilio
of cups of tea are de rigueur, three pipes
at least have to be smoked, a few whiffs
from each; the rank and precedence of
every guest is vigorously observed, and
each visitor intrigues for, and generally
receives, a little more than her due. To
omit to return a visit is an objectionable
offensc. The particular place in the apart
ment of each guest is regulated to a nicely,
and many and bitter are the feuds on this
subject.-St. James Gazette.
, 1887-09-22
HowLING ANARCHISTS.

Meetings of anarchists have been held
in various parts of the country to take
action on the Illinois supreme court de.
cision regarding the condemned anarchists
in Chicago. Nearly all of the resolutions
adopted have been incendiary in their
character, and are couched in language
which Is very r%epugnant to the senses OF
every native born American citizen. At
a meeting held in Columbus, o., the
manifesto adopted says the decision strikes
like a thunderbolt in the heart of every
free man. The anarchists are condemned,
this document claims, simply because
they exercised the rights guaranteed to
all men by the constitution of the coun-
try.
We do not r~ecollect where the constitu-
ton j~ustifies cold blooded murders such as
the anarchists committed in the Haymar-
ket at Chicago. The fearful death of
seven policemen is not the true Ameri-
cans idea OF freedom, and the sooner the
minds of these red handed gentry are
disabused of such notions the better for
all concerned.
The Columbus manifesto closes with
these remarkable words: We demand
that every man does his duty, ard that
you say to this rabble of thieves and muir
derers which rule you, Thus far and no
further Indignation meetings must be
called and held as quietly as possible;
above all, it is necessary that the inter
prefers of the constitution at Washington
be spurred to pass upon this judicial MUIR
der proposed at Chicago. The judgment
of blood is not yet executed; let every
man do his duty and it never will be.
Long live solidarity. Down with bar
barism.'
Down with barbarism" by all means.
The American people have no sympathy
with anarchy or anarchistic principles.
They have always considered this country
good enough for them. If the bilious
followers of Most and Schwab are dissat-
isfed with things as they find them they
have the blessed privilege of emigrating
to more congenial climes. For over one
hundred years the Americans have been
engaged in building up institutions; they
may alter and improve as circumstances
warrant, but they are not inclined to tear
down.
As they are not iconoclastic themselves
they certainly will not permit an I'M
washed rabble this privilege and we are
inclined to believe, Notwithstanding the
objections of the condemned and uncon-
demned anarchists, that the hanging will
take place in Chicago altogether as mat
ter of course.
, 1887-09-22
Ignored by German Papers.

In four pages of avs from all parts of
the world in The CCfogne Gazette there is
a single line from America, telling of the
emperor of Brazil's departure for Europe.
The case cited is not the exception, but
the rule, not only with The Gazette, but
with all German papers which reflect the
governments policy. The United States
are referred to as seldom and as briefly
as possible, and this in spite of the fact
that there is scarcely a family in Ger
many which has not u relative, a friend.
or an acquaintance here. II the German
chancellor could arrange q map of the
world to his liking, there would not be n
republic left on it.-St. Louis Republican.
, 1887-09-22

THE Sundance Gazette is u~nequivocally
opposed to a new land district which will
include Crook and johnson counties. las
a matter of fact, F" it says, when it comes
to convenience and the expedition of bus.
mess, Cheyenne is preferable to Buffalo.
If we can't have a land office at Sun.
dance, let it remain at Cheyenne" The
editor of the Gazette has evidently
not borrowed his neighbors' spectacles
through which to look at this subject.
, 1887-09-22

DR. McGLYNN spoke to a large audi.
ence of clergymen in the Methodist book
c%oneern, New York, on Tuesday and was
received with a good deal of enthusiasm.
The wording of a vote of thanks created a
good deal Of discussion. As modified
and finally passed it was as follows:
ResOlred, That the members of the
New York preachers nesting, having
heard with pleasure and profit the able
and instructive lecture of DR.. McGlynn,
, 1887-09-22

WV. Reed, druggist, of Winchester,
Ind. writes: One of my customers,
Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bartonia, Randolph
county, Ind, was a long sufferer with
consumption, and was given up to die by
her physicians. She heard of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, and
began buying it of me. In six months
time she walked to this town a distance of
six miles, and is SO improved that she has
quit using it. She feels she owes her life
to it Free trial bottles at w. n. Hunts
drug store.
, 1887-09-22

GEN. POWELL, the Democratic candi.
date for governor in Ohio, expects to
carry the state by from 5000 to 1000
majority. There are no longer any dis
sentions in the party, the Hoadly, Thur
man, Ward and Payne factions having
amalgamated. The detection to the labor
party, Gen. Powell thinks, will about
equally affect the two contending parties,
whilest the Prohibitionists will poll
their maximum vote, 10000, which will
be drawn chiefly from Republican sources.
, 1887-09-22
pynamiters In Council.

New York, Sept. 2l.-A meeting I'M
der the auspices of the Sons of Ireland,
a new dynamite society, was held at
Cooper Institute tonight. About 400
people were present. Violent speeches
were made by Prof. Mezzerotf, a Russian
nihilist, and others. An address was cir.
culated declaring for constitutional agita-
ton and appealing for friends to support
the Merzzeroff dynamite college, whose
object is to prepare young lrishmCn to
free Ireland by blowing up London and
other English cities.
, 1887-09-22
Disastrous Wreck.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 2l.-A
Tournalspecial from Arkansas City, Kan,
says: A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Gulf division of the Southern Kansas
railroad at Gutherie, four miles south of
Purcell, Indian Territory. A light engine
and the construction train collided while
both were moving at a high rate of speed.
1t was rumored that a large number of
workmen were killed, but details are
meapre.
, 1887-09-22

that while each member reserves his in
dividual opinion concerning the land
theories advocated by DIR. McGlynn. we
recognize in him a talented and sincere
Christian brother and minister with a call
to high duty. and that we bid him God
speed in preaching the gospel of the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
of man.
, 1887-09-22
The lam OF Prevention.

The satisfaction of feeling safe from
catching any disease from drinking water,
from impure air, from a sick person, from
contact with foul clothing, infection or
c%ontagion from any source, is complete
and all anxiety allayed by the use of
Darby's Prophylactic Fluid. A bottle
will give more safety, comfort and confid-
ence than all the doctoring in the world.
, 1887-09-22

The projected railway from Salt Lake
to Los Angeles seems to be an assured
fact. 1t will require $40, 900, 900 to build
it. About So, OOO, 900 will be required to
build and equip the road through Utah
and according to the Tribune articles of
incorporation have already been filed in
Sail Lake.
, 1887-09-22
The Ohio Ears.


Mrs. Cleveland drove a .four-in-hand at
Wooten with ease and practiced grace,
but she had never a hand for Foraker
when that impudent worthy presented
himself. The length of the OhIoan's
ears deprives him of the consideration
due a horse.
, 1887-09-22
In the Flush of Pride.

To France-Republics that have no
coups d,etat oun time by centuries. To
Eugland-This is a Jubilee, not of per-
IONS, but of principles. To Germany
Behold a nation that does not need
Chancellors of blood and iron to hold it
together.
, 1887-09-22

There Is bu N way to give: to share
as children Of the same Father that por-
ton of the riches of the world and trust
it to n care. Nothing else is true Civ
, 1887-09-22
The Under Dog May Get There.
IPuck

The man who is down on his beam
ends should remember that the shark has
to turn on his back to bite and that many
a bull dog sails to victory with his spinal
column in the dust and another dog twice
his size on top of him.
, 1887-09-22
Fine Specimen.


The archaeological section of. the
international medical congress pro.
nounces Niagara the most wonderful case
of cataract it was ever called upon to in
vestigate.
, 1887-09-22
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, 1887-09-22

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, 1887-09-22

He looked the whole party squarely in
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my personal opinion, too" The shot hit
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that passage read that way before. =
DIR. Kane in Baltimore American.
, 1887-09-22
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One night, during the war, Forrest was
at Washington. The play was "Riche-
lieu" President Lincoln, accompanied
by Forney, Seward and several promi-
nent members of the administration, was
seated in q private box at the left of the
stage. In political opinions Forrest was
directly opposed to them. When the
grand apostrophe TO the pen occurred
Mr.. Forrest rose, solcmnly and delber-
ately, facing the presidents box. With
pen held majestically aloft, his eyes flash
ing fire, the tones of that wonderful voice
vibrating through the theatre, and speak
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